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No. 683,094. Patented Sept. 24, |9o|'.' B. n. woomav.

PAINT PUT;

(Application filed Mar. 25, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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BENJAMIN R. WOODLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PAINT-POT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 683,094, dated September 24, 1901. 7

Application filed March 25, 1901. Serial No. 52,819. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LBENJAMIN R. WOODLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pails; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad tothe accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pails; and its object is to construct a pail for the use of paper-hangers, painters, 850., in such manner that a support is provided in connection with the pail for holding the brush or other instrument of the workman and preventing the same falling into the pail.

It also comprises a wiping-rod and means to prevent tilting of the pail.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a pail provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a top plan thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail of the brush-support. Fig. 4 is a detail showing the method of attachment to the bail of the rod to prevent tilting ofthe pail.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the pail is indicated at 5 and is provided at its rim with an outwardly-extending shelf or ledge 7, having upturned edges or sides 6, connected to the side of the pail. The shelf 7 is inclined downwardly toward the pail and with the sides 6 forms a spout or trough, so that drippings falling thereon will run down into the pail. Preferably the mouth of the spout is made to fit a section cut out of the side of the pail at the top thereof and the top of the sides of the spout or shelf is flush with the top of the pail at the joint therewith. The parts are preferably made of metal and soldered togetheiyso as not to leak at the joint. Across the mouth of the spout thus produced is fixed a wiping-bar 8, riveted or otherwise attached to the upturned edges 6 near the points of their junction with the sides of the pail. The pail is provided with a bail 9, in

which is formed, preferably at the side thereof, so as not to obstruct the mouth of the bucket, a loop 10, in which is looped the end of a rod 11, the other end'of which is provided with a hook adapted to engage a hole in the side of the spout. tion a shelf is provided upon which a brush or other implement may be laid when not in use, and the drippings therefrom will be conducted down the spout into the pail. It is also adapted for household use, in which case a scrubbing-brush, soap, or the like may be placed and supported upon the shelf. bar 8 acts as a wiping-bar and also to prevent the brush, soap, or other article from sliding down the shelf into the pail. When hooked, as shown in the drawings, the rod 11 retains the bail in an upright position when the bucket is standing upon the floor or otherwise supported from below, and when the pail is carried by the bail it retains the former in vertical position and prevents the tilting which would otherwise be caused, particularly when the pail is empty, by the weight of the brush or other article on the shelf. hooked and allowed to hang by the side of the pail.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

Apail having a portion of its side wall at the top thereof cut out to form an opening, and an outwardly-projecting inclined shelf having upturned edges, said shelf and edges being joined to the edge of the opening in the wall of the pail, forminga brush-support and spout adapted to conduct drippings into the pail, a wiping-bar secured at each end outside of the wall of the pail to the upturned edges of the spout and extending across the mouth thereof, a perforation in one of the upturned edges of the spout, and a rod looped at one end to the bail, outside the plane of the wall of the pail, and having at its other end a hook adapted to detachably engage the perforation in the edge of the spout outside the plane of the wall of the pail.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN R. WOODLEY.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. Tnw, WM. J. ROBINSON.

When desired, the rod may be un- By this construc- 

